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Robert L. Simpson is a Actor and Editor American born on 31 july 1910 at St. Louis (USA)

Robert L. Simpson

Robert L. Simpson
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 july 1910 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 1 june 1977 (at 66 years) at San Bernardino (USA)

Robert L. Simpson, A.C.E. (July 31, 1910 – June 1977), was an American film editor.

Biography

Born in Missouri, Simpson began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1935. By the end of the decade, he had joined 20th Century Fox, where he remained for more than 35 years.

During a 55-year career, Simpson edited one hundred films, including Drums Along the Mohawk, The Grapes of Wrath, The Pride of St. Louis, Call Me Madam, The King and I, South Pacific, Fate is the Hunter, and Tony Rome. He collaborated with director George Seaton on several projects, including Miracle on 34th Street, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Apartment for Peggy, and Chicken Every Sunday. He also worked with John Ford, Sidney Lanfield, and Walter Lang.

Simpson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Grapes of Wrath.

Best films

The King and I (1956)
(Editor)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
(Editor)
High Time (1960)
(Editor)
My Gal Sal (1942)
(Editor)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
(Editor)

Usually with

Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(38 films)
Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(29 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(27 films)
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
(22 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert L. Simpson (96 films)

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Actor

Lloyd's of London, 1h52
Directed by Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Guy Standing, Tyrone Power, George Sanders, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles un capitaine
Rating68% 3.446063.446063.446063.446063.44606
On the last day of 1770, youngster Jonathan Blake (Freddie Bartholomew) overhears two sailors discussing something suspicious in his aunt's ale-house in a Norfolk fishing village. He persuades his more respectable best friend, Horatio Nelson (Douglas Scott), to sneak aboard the sailors' ship with him. They overhear a plot involving insurance fraud. When Jonathan decides to warn the insurers, Horatio cannot accompany him, because that same day he is invited to join the Royal Navy as a midshipman. Jonathan walks all the way to London to Lloyd's Coffee House, where the insurers conduct their business. Mr. Angerstein (Guy Standing), the head of one of the syndicates that make up Lloyd's of London, listens to him. Instead of a monetary reward, Jonathan asks to work at Lloyd's as a waiter. Angerstein teaches him that news, "honestly acquired and honestly shared," is the lifeblood of the insurance industry.

Editor

Laser Mission, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Spy, Martial arts
Themes Spy films, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Brandon Lee, Ernest Borgnine, Werner Pochath
Rating35% 1.764251.764251.764251.764251.76425
The plot concerns a mercenary named Michael Gold (Lee) who is sent to convince Dr. Braun (Borgnine), a Laser specialist, to defect to the United States before the KGB acquire him and use both his talent and a stolen diamond to create a nuclear weapon. Dr. Braun is captured by the KGB and Gold is sent on a mission to rescue both him and the diamond. He has to enlist the help of Dr. Braun's daughter Alissa (Debi Monahan), whom he eventually falls for. The pair confront Col. Kalishnakov (Graham Clarke), whom they kill by hitting him with a truck in the climax of this story.
Cahill: United States Marshal, 1h43
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors John Wayne, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Gary Grimes, Morgan Paull
Roles Editor
Rating63% 3.1973.1973.1973.1973.197
While J.D. Cahill (John Wayne), a widower and U.S. Marshal, is away from home, his two sons Danny (Gary Grimes) and Billy (Clay O'Brien) aid Abe Fraser (George Kennedy) and his gang to escape from jail and to rob a bank. The town's sheriff is shot and killed during the robbery. Billy hides the stolen money while his brother and the rest of the gang return to locked jail cells as an alibi. When Cahill returns, he and Danny look for the perpetrators with the help of half-Comanche tracker Lightfoot (Neville Brand). Cahill arrests four suspects and although they are innocent, they are found guilty and scheduled to be hanged. While on the tracks of the kids, Cahill and Lightfoot are ambushed by Brownie (Dan Vadis). Lightfoot hurts him but is eventually killed. Cahill's sons try to return the gang's share of the money to Fraser, resulting in a showdown between Cahill and his boys on one side and Fraser's gang on the other.
One More Train to Rob, 1h48
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon, France Nuyen, Soon-Tek Oh, Richard Loo
Roles Editor
Rating57% 2.852092.852092.852092.852092.85209
Set in the Old West, the story is about train-robber Harker Fleet (Peppard), who is sent to prison for assaulting a sheriff and his deputy while trying to escape a forced marriage, set up by his former partner, Timothy Xavier Nolan (John Vernon). Fleet serves his time, but gets out of prison early, for good behavior. Once he is released from prison, he travels to the town of Calador, intending to settle the score with Nolan for railroading him and stealing his woman, Katy (Diana Muldaur) .
Fools' Parade, 1h38
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors James Stewart, George Kennedy, Kurt Russell, Strother Martin, Anne Baxter, William Windom
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.200333.200333.200333.200333.20033
In 1935, murderer Mattie Appleyard, bank robber Lee Cottrill, and young Johnny Jesus are released from the West Virginia State Penitentiary, located in the fictional town of Glory. Appleyard is issued a check for $25,452.32 for his 40 years of prison work, an enormous amount in the Great Depression.
Something Big, 1h48
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Dean Martin, Brian Keith, Carol White (actrice anglaise), Honor Blackman, Neve McIntosh, Ben Johnson
Roles Editor
Rating56% 2.8497952.8497952.8497952.8497952.849795
Colonel Morgan learns from his Indian scout Bookbinder (Ben Johnson) that the notorious bandit Joe Baker (Dean Martin) is planning "something big" but is thwarted at learning details.
Chisum
Chisum (1970)
, 1h51
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Ben Johnson, Geoffrey Deuel, Glenn Corbett, Bruce Cabot
Roles Editor
Rating67% 3.3986253.3986253.3986253.3986253.398625
John Chisum (John Wayne), a virtuous, patriarchal land baron, locks horns with greedy Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker), who will stop at nothing to get control of the trade and even the law in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
100 Rifles
100 Rifles (1969)
, 1h50
Directed by Chuck Roberson, Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Fernando Lamas, Dan O'Herlihy, Eric Braeden, Michael Forest
Roles Editor
Rating59% 2.998562.998562.998562.998562.99856
In 1912 Sonora, Mexico, Lyedecker (Brown) is an Arizona lawman who travels to a remote village looking for Yaqui Joe (Reynolds), a half-Indian, half-white bank robber who has stolen $6,000 (in Arizona) to buy 100 rifles for his Yaqui people who are being repressed by the government.
The Undefeated, 1h59
Directed by John Wayne, Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Lee Meriwether, Bruce Cabot, Melissa Newman
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2966353.2966353.2966353.2966353.296635
After the American Civil War, Union Colonel John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and company attack a group of Confederate soldiers, only to be informed after defeating them that the war had ended days ago. Another group of Confederate soldiers, led by Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson) prepare to join Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. Langdon torches his plantation before he departs rather than have it fall into the hands of carpetbaggers. At the same time, Thomas, with his adopted Indian son Blue Boy (Roman Gabriel) and his surviving command, brings a herd of 3,000 horses across the Rio Grande for sale in Durango, Mexico.
The Detective, 1h54
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, LGBT-related films, Films about capital punishment, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jacqueline Bisset, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, William Windom
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.2457253.2457253.2457253.2457253.245725
New York City police detective Joe Leland is called to the home of a murder victim who has been beaten to death and has had his genitals removed. Puzzled and disgusted, the police on call are left bemused, Leland holding things together with his direct, no-nonsense approach.
Lady in Cement, 1h30
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Dan Blocker, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.903532.903532.903532.903532.90353
While diving off the Miami coast seeking one of the eleven fabled Spanish Galleons sunk in 1591, private investigator Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) discovers a dead blonde, her feet encased in cement, at the bottom of the ocean.
Caprice
Caprice (1967)
, 1h38
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Edward Mulhare, Lilia Skala
Roles Editor
Rating55% 2.755512.755512.755512.755512.75551
In the Swiss Alps, a skier shoots and kills another skier down a mountain slope. Cut to a woman picking up a newspaper in Paris, the headline story telling of yet another Interpol agent killed in Switzerland.
Tony Rome
Tony Rome (1967)
, 1h50
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Frank Sinatra, Jill St John, Richard Conte, Sue Lyon, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.2474153.2474153.2474153.2474153.247415
Tony Rome is an ex-cop turned private investigator who lives on a powerboat in Miami called the Straight Pass. This a reference to the fact that Tony also has a gambling problem.
Do Not Disturb, 1h42
Directed by George Marshall, Ralph Levy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Hermione Baddeley, Sergio Fantoni, Reginald Gardiner, Leon Askin
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.9492852.9492852.9492852.9492852.949285
American couple Mike and Janet Harper (Rod Taylor and Doris Day) move to England for Mike's work, his company which deals in wool textiles and wool fashions. Despite Mike's want for them to live in a flat in the heart of London, Janet, who is not a big city girl, ignores his want and instead finds them a house to rent thirty miles outside of London in Kent, which means that Mike has to commute into town by train. This commute is not ideal for Mike, who often for convenience stays in one of the company's flats in town rather than go home. This commuting situation makes Janet feel even more neglected than she already did previously.
The Reward
The Reward (1965)

Directed by Serge Bourguignon
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Max von Sydow, Efrem Zimbalist II, Nino Castelnuovo, Yvette Mimieux, Gilbert Roland, Emilio Fernández
Roles Editor
Rating49% 2.474152.474152.474152.474152.47415
El Paso crop duster Scott Svenson accidentally flies his plane into a water tower across the Mexico border. By chance he spots a friend, Frank Bryant, in a car with a woman.